Summer is halfway over. Cue the tears.
There are about 40 days left until August 24. And if you are like me, you are instantly regretting binge watching your new favorite Netflix special instead of going outside. Hello people: Netflix binge watching is for the school year when you have three essays to do and no motivation! So get off your ass, take some advice from me and find fun sh*t to do.
Here are some ideas for you lazy mofos:
1. Get brunch. Everyone loves brunch; get some endless mimosas, wander drunk and aimlessly around the Washington Monument or wherever the hell you are.
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2. Go to a beach. I don’t care if you live on the beach or ten hours away. Find yourself a beach, or lake front, or river bed, or whatever the hell people who don’t live near a beach do. Find some water and dunk your head in it. It’s good for the soul.
3. Watch a movie outside. There are plenty of outside movie theaters or parks or concert venues that show movies outside. Grab some friends and go!
Check out DC Golden Triangle for more! As well as the link to this photo, which has more summer ideas!
4. Throw a pool party (or in absence of a pool, a park, or you know, your house). Just throw a party! Invite some friends over, cook some BBQ or order BBQ, and grab a beer.
5. Game night. Drinking game optional. Cards Against Humanity or good ol’ Truth or Dare will do.
6. Scavenger hunt! There are plenty of pre-made lists for DC and I’m sure you can think of a few iconic places in your own hometown to make one as well! Make two teams and the first to get pictures in all the places and end up at the “Finish Line” (could be your house, could be a bar) wins!
7. Travel. Out of the state or into the neighboring county, either will do. Just look at a map and find a place you’ve never been before and go!
8. Pull an all-nighter. Yeah, those are usually for those three essays that you avoided doing via Netflix, but in the summer time…they are much more enjoyable. Watch the sunrise with friends after a nighttime scavenger hunt or the 21-year-old version of a scavenger hunt, a.k.a. bar crawl. Get in a car and drive towards the sun and only stop off when you find a 24-hour diner that serves the best breakfast you can ask for after being up all night.
The point is people, summer is going to be over before you know it so you gotta enjoy it while it last. Go forth and be young and crazy!
